Technical Moodle User Manual for the EU4ALL components
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1. ccccce cee e eee e eens 13 Figure 6 Insert Adaptable re SOUICe cece cece cee ee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeneeenenees 14 Figure 7 Describing an adaptable ccc ccc cceeecseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaees 15 Figure 8 Edit EU4ALL accessibility preferences ccc cee ceeeeeeeeeeeeees 16 Figure 9 View EU4ALL accessibility preferences ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeenees 18 Figure 10 Content adaptation ccc cece cce cece erre eee rrenan 19 Page 4 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual a EU4ALL List of abbreviations EU4ALL European Unified Approach for Accessible Lifelong Learning LMS Learning Management System IPL Instituto Polit cnico de Leiria Polytechnic Institute of Leiria UM User Model CP Content Personalization MR Metadata Repository PHP PHP Hypertext Preprocessor LAMP Linux Apache MySQL PHP VLE Virtual Learning Environment Page 5 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual IN Tru CUSALL 1 Introduction The aim of this document is to describe the IPL Moodle implementation of the EU4ALL framework from the user perspective and it will focus on the administrator teacher or tutor and student or learner views of the system and how to use them Page 6 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual Tis EU4ZALL 2 Moodle VLE actions This chapter will demonstrate some of the actions available to the Moodle VLE users when using the EU4ALL Moodle components View and edit EU4ALL2. o virtual onde decore este curso Lela as Indica es da 5 Figure 10 Content adaptation 1 The user clicks on a resource on the Moodle VLE 1 2 The resource adaptable make a request to the EU4ALL central repository asking for the best resource for the user based on their accessibility preferences 2 If a better resource is found the EU4ALL framework will return the identifier to that specific resource 4 otherwise the default resource identifier will be used 3 3 The adaptable redirect the request for resource to be shown 5 Page 19 of 19
3. Text enhancement 1 Usage optional Settings Adaptation type audio representation Y My profile settings Edit profile Messaging Original access mode visual Audio alternative Usage required Adaptation type audio representation Original access mode visual Edit EU4ALL profile Figure 9 View EU4ALL accessibility preferences The plugin does not save the EU4ALL user accessibility preferences locally and the data shown on this page are the same available on the central repository 2 3 3 Presentation of digital content Based on the EU4ALL user accessibility preferences and the resources available the framework can show a resource more suitable for the user than the default one This process is totally transparent for the user Page 18 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual IN Tiu CUSALL F rum de Ambienta o F rum de Apresenta es l l i Ma yy LL gt EUSALL profile e lIndica es para a Actividade de Ambienta o Introduction Font family Font sie Format dA as o First name Cl udio Ipes EEE y2 GGA xe o 22 ARO gm Nesia actvicieds vamos procurar conhecermos Um e conhecer o espa o virtual onde cecome este curso Leia as indica es fa actividade que se prop e para esta primeira semana Path HTML formal T po gt gt 00 000 00 indica es para a Actividade de Ambienta o video Nesta aclividade vamos procurar conhece nos um pouco e conhecer o espa
4. see we dein ddo ne doada ont ce ainastacd Ee SS tenon tiscatiga eee ciao a es eeesees 6 2 Moodle VLE ACUONS us acne eece etc nerrce aerie ones cous ones rA AERE EEE OR EEEn EE 7 21 MOMINISIFALOr ACUONS wsesteciccetnesscpettessscsasstundunstvindumneerioerseersinedeednacactaseyieeuren 7 2 1 1 View EU4ALL accessibility preferences capabilities 7 2 1 2 View EU4ALL content adaptations capabilities 9 21 9 EQUEVAALL DIUGIA SCT S serr e E E a re 10 2 2 Teacher and or tutor actions errar era er acreano 12 2 2 1 Setthe EU4ALL course format serrana 12 2 2 2 View the resource alternatives errar rea 13 2 2 3 Manage the resource alternatives ccccccceecesessenesseseeseseuseneesenseeensanes 13 2 0 SLUGEDT ACHONMS PRP A 16 2 3 1 Edit EU4ALL accessibility preferences er 16 2 3 2 View EU4ALL accessibility preferences er 17 2 3 3 Presentation of digital content errar 18 Page 3 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual Tiss EU4ALL List of Figures Figure 1 EU4ALL Moodle role capabilities for the authenticated user 8 Figure 2 EU4ALL format CapabllitieS ccc cece erre rear 10 Figure 3 EU4ALL Moodle plugin SettingdS cc cece esa 11 Figure 4 Course format SettingS ccccccceeee essere eres erre rare 12 Figure 5 Course topic view by an editing teacher
5. Manual qao utilizador Orienta es tecnicas sobre os componente EU4LL no moodle modalidade b learning 2010 edi o EU4ALL Moodle Technical User Manual x EUZALL ye EU4ALL Moodle Technical User Manual Technical Moodle User Manual for the EU4ALL components Information Society Technologies Deliverable Work Package Partners IPL Page 1 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual T EU4ALL Workpackage Task Date of delivery Code name Type of deliverable Security distribution level Contributors Authors Partner Contact Person WP Task responsible EC Project Officer Abstract Keywords List T6 4 1 Set up and implementation of the EU4ALL framework in further institutions Contractual Actual PL Version 1 0 245 EU4ALL_ moodle technical user _mManual odt Report Manuela Francisco IPL Catarina Maximiano IPL Vitor Rodrigues IPL Claudio Esperan a IPL IPL This document provides an overview of the user s perspective in using the Moodle prototype developed by IPL EU4ALL Moodle IPL User model Metadata repository Content personalization Technical user manual EU4ALL Project Coordinator Lydia Montandon Atos Origin Tel 34 91214 8616 fax 34 91754 3252 mobile 34 680 647 915 email lydia montandon atosorigin com Page 2 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual IN Tru EU4ALL Table of Contents gt WIE OC UG IO ee ors dete
6. adaptables capability for the authenticated user By default all the editing teachers have this capability allowed on their role but the administrator can override this behaviour like we have seen before Page 13 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual Tiss EU4ZALL The work flow to insert a resource and their alternatives is relatively simple 1 Insert the default resource or content to be presented to the users as default for example when an user doesn t have any disability Insert the resource alternative s to be presented as the replacement for the default resource Insert an resource from the type Adaptable to establish the relations between resources and publish this information to the EU4ALL central repository This resource doesn t provide content per se but is a necessary abstraction to access the alternatives of a resource The steps 1 and 2 are pretty straight forward for any teacher familiar with the Moodle VLE and are beyond the scope of this document To insert an Adaptable the following steps are required l 2 On a course as an editing teacher turn the edit mode on On the topic where the link to the resource should appear expand the combo box Add a resource and select Adaptable 3 Add an activity Docbook File Folder IMS content package Label Page URL Figure 6 Insert Adaptable resource 3 Give a name for the resource this is the
7. allowed to see the resources alternatives By default only teachers editing teachers or above can see and manage the content alternatives from a Specific resource To see which roles have this capability an administrator can search for format adaptable on page Capability report on the menu option Site administration gt Users gt Permissions gt Capability report to get a report from the format adaptable viewadaptables capability as presented on the figure 2 Page 9 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual IN EN CUSALL Home amp Site administration Users Permissions Capability report Blocks editing on Navigation E Report settings Settings This report shows for a particular capability what permission that capability has in the definition of every role or a selection of roles and everywhere In the site where that capability is gt My profile settings overridden Site administration Notifications Registration am webservice soap use Use S protoco Advanced features 5 go P Uso SOAP webservice xminc use Use XML RPC protocol Users format adaptable viewadaptables View adaptable associated resources P Accounts local eudall configureplugin Configure EU4ALL plugin settings Permissions local eu4all umeditownprofile Edit own EU4ALL profile User policies local eudall umviewownprofile View own EU4ALL profile E Site mod assignment exporlownsubmission Export own submission adminis
8. ce to the EU4ALL central repository Page 15 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual Tiss EU4ALL 2 3 Student actions Zu ad Edit EU4ALL accessibility preferences The student should update their accessibility preferences as soon as possible so the system can provide the correct adaptations based on the user preferences and needs To do this the following steps are required o EU4ALL profile P gina principal A minha p gina inicial gt P ginas do sitio Y O meu perfil Ver perfil Mensagens no f rum Mensagens Os meus ficheiros privados Reposit rios Y ELMALL Pertil do p EU4ALL Sd l A EU4ALL Y As minhas disciplinas gt Participantes Home amp My profile EUSALL Edit EUSALL profile Personal settings Gender mala T Birth date 17 7 February ro 2011 T Birth place Angra do Hero smo Text settings Text alternative Usage preferred Adaptation type visual representation Original access mode 3 textual Representation form 3 Text enhancement 1 Usage optional Adaptation type audio representation Y Original access mode 3 textual 3 Remove text enhancement 1 o Add text Audio settings 5 Add audio alternative Add audio enhancement Image settings Add image altemative Add image enhancement Video without sound settings Add video altemative pa Figure 8 Edit EU4ALL accessibility preferences Page 16 of 19 Moodle T
9. e changes Page 12 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual Tiss EU4ALL 2 2 2 View the resource alternatives As discussed on the section 2 1 2 an user with the format adaptable viewadaptables capability editing teacher can see the relations between the resources and their alternatives or enhancements when visiting the course with the EU4ALL topics format M dulo 1 Conceitos Gerais Actividade 1 Debate de conceitos e terminologia E Forum do M dulo 1 19 unread posts indica es para a Actividade 1 _ Figure 5 Course topic view by an editing teacher The figure 5 shows a topic of a course on the Moodle VLE from the editing teacher perspective The user can see a special resource called adaptable 1 the resource that will be presented to the users when viewing the topic When a student clicks on this resource the Moodle will make a request to the EU4ALL framework to retrieve the resource identifier of a resource to be presented to the user if there is an alternative to be presented the Moodle will show that resource e g one of three resources of the box number 3 on the figure 5 if no alternative is available or on error the Moodle will show the default resource e g the resource hinted by the box number 2 on the figure 5 2 2 3 Manage the resource alternatives Like on the view the resource alternatives to manage resource alternatives it is necessary the format adaptable view
10. echnical User Manual Tiss EU4ZALL 1 AS a Moodle student go to Navigation block and click on the cy My profile gt EU4ALL gt Edit EU4ALL profile option 1 On the Edit EU4ALL profile page update the personal settings and define the accessibility preferences for each content type A content type can only have zero or one alternative content but there s no restriction on number of enhancements The user should use the buttons on the form to add or remove alternatives and enhancements 3 4 5 When ready the user should press Save changes to submit the profile information do the EU4ALL repository 2 3 2 View EU4ALL accessibility preferences The user can see their accessibility preferences at any time using the My profile gt EU4ALL gt EU4ALL profile option on the Navigation block Page 17 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual Tiu CUSALL EU4ALL profile Home gt My profile gt EU4ALL gt EU4ALL profile Navigation First name Cl udio Home My home Last name Esperan a gt Site pages E mail claudio esperanca ipleiria pt Y My profile ae Gender male a View profile gt Forum posts Birth date 2011 02 17 Messages l i Birth place Angra do Heroismo a My private files a Repositories Text alternative Usage required Y EU4ALL EU4ALL profile Adaptation type visual representation 3 Edit EU4ALL Original access mode visual profile gt My courses
11. name of the link that will appear to all users when viewing the parent topic 1 and fill the meta data information that define the default resource 2 and their alternative s 3 All adaptables should have at least a default resource set and can have zero or many alternative resources associated use the buttons Add a new resource alternative 5 or Resource alternative 4 to respectively add or remove a Page 14 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual IN Tra CUSALL resource alternative from the adaptable All the resources associated with an adaptable cannot be associated with other adaptables General Name Introduction Font family Fontsize Format a4 calla BiUesex x EZE J2 0AA Z i j ce 4 E l AVE OS mg Nesta actividade vamos procurar clarificar atrav s de um debate alguns conceitos gerais relacionados com a defici ncia e incapacidade acessibilidade e inclus o Original mode textual X Y Original content type pat S Resource alternative 1 Original mode textual x Adaptation type tactile representation TA Representation form Add resource alternative Common module settings Visible Show ID number nurse Save and display Cancel Figure 7 Describing an adaptable 4 Save the adaptable resource 6 This will send the meta data about the resources associated with this resour
12. ole assignments Allow role overrides settings My profile settings Allow role switches Site administration Notifications Registration 3 Advanced features Y Users Viewing the definition of role Authenticated user Edit Reset to defaults Duplicate role List all roles P Accounts Y Permissions 22 User policies Name Authenticated user Site Short name user T administrators Egpeme raies Assign system roles Check system permissions Capability report Unsupported role assignments Courses Grades Location Language Plugins Security Appearance Front page Server Reports Development EUSALL TT T F F F F F F F F F F Description All logged in users Role archetype ARCHETYPE Authenticated user Context types System where this role User may be assigned Category Activity module Block F Er i oea Capability Permission 3 Risks Edit own EU4ALL profile boaleudalumediownprotile View own EU4ALL profile ocaveutallumvewownpofie Figure 1 EU4ALL Moodle role capabilities for the authenticated user The capability Configure EU4ALL plugin settings defines who can configure the EU4ALL plugin settings and it is only allowed to system administrators by default Page 8 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual Tiss EU4ALL 2 1 2 View EU4ALL content adaptations capabilities The Moodle system administrators can control which user roles are
13. ormation about the remote services 4 Page 11 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual IN T CUSALL 2 2 Teacher and or tutor actions 2 2 1 Set the EU4ALL course format To use the EU4ALL framework on a course the EU4ALL topics format should be enabled for that course Home amp Courses CP P Edit course settings Navigation Edit course settings Settings Y Course administration Tum editing on G a ea settings Users Filters Grades g Backup g Restore a Import Publish 4 Reset F Question bank m Repositories gt Switch role to k My profile settings Site administration Category 3 Miscellaneous Course full name Curso Piloto Course short name CP Course ID number f Es Course summary 3 a lim FEI J CeaGiA 2 EE sigo Adao mo Font family Font size Format B 7 U aex x sss iN ti bil Path HTML format T Search Number of weeks topics Course start date 7 46 November 2010 Hidden sections News items to show Show gradebook to students F Show activity reports Maximum upload size f Hidden sections are completely invisible E 2 7 Yes T Yes T 100MB Figure 4 Course format settings 1 As a Moodle editing teacher go to Settings block and click on the Course administration gt Edit settings option 1 2 Select the EU4ALL topics format on the Format combo box 2 and save th
14. trators mod assigqnment grade Grade assignment Z Define roles mod assignment submit Submit assignment Assign mod assignm system roles Check system qy permissions report Unsupported role assignments Courses Grades Location Language Plugins Security Appearance Front page Server Reports Development EU4ALL rr FF FF SF Se See OS 6 YY Figure 2 EU4ALL format capabilities 2 1 3 Edit EU4ALL plugin settings The Moodle VLE administrators or the users with a role with the capability Configure EU4ALL plugin settings as seen on the section 2 1 1 are allowed to configure the EU4ALL Moodle plugin figure 3 Page 10 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual IN gr 7 EU4ALL Home Site administration EU4ALL amp Configuration eim EU4ALL Configuration ria El about gt My profile settings Site administration 2 Notifications Registration ga features Users Configuration There are required fields in this form marked Figure 3 EU4ALL Moodle plugin settings 1 As a Moodle system administrator go to Settings block and click on the Site administration gt EU4ALL gt Configuration option 1 2 Update the plugin settings based on your definitions 2 The update of the Manager reference and resource prefix is highly recommended 3 Save your settings 3 4 If this page is refreshed again to assume the saved data the System will present some inf
15. user accessibility preferences Insert and manage adapted resources or adaptations Presentation of digital content or resources that are suited to a specific EU4ALL user profile View EU4ALL specific capabilities for an user or role Edit EU4ALL Moodle plugin settings There are a number of additional actions that could be considered but are currently ruled out of the scope of this document These include Adding new user accounts to the Moodle system Adding a new course to the system Adding resources to a course Authentication on the Moodle VLE Installation of the EU4ALL Moodle components 2 1 Administrator actions 2 1 1 View EU4ALL accessibility preferences capabilities The Moodle system administrators can allow or prohibit the editing or the viewing of the EU4ALL accessibility preferences by the users with a specific role on the VLE Page 7 of 19 Moodle Technical User Manual 4 x x CUSALL 1 As a Moodle system administrator to the Sate administration gt lUs ers gt Permiesions gt Dbefine roles option on the Settings block 1 2 Click on the Role name and filter the capabilities using the eu4al1 keyword 2 3 The EU4ALL Moodle capabilities should appear 3 By default all the authenticated users can view and update their own profile View own EU4ALL profile and Edit own EU4ALL profile capabilities as can be seen on the figure 1 Navigation Manage roles Allow r
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